Pokemon Art Academy

Learn to draw Pokémon.
Grab your stylus and start your Pokémon drawing journey in Pokémon Art Academy, exclusively on Nintendo 3DS and 2DS systems. This Pokémon-themed iteration of the Art Academy series offers budding illustrators and Pokémon fans alike 40 lessons to learn how to paint, sketch, and draw with beloved Pokémon characters. Along the way, students of Pokémon Art Academy can pick up actual illustration skills that they can transfer onto real canvas or paper, or share their digital masterpieces with the world.
Useful tools for budding artists.
Every artist needs tools, and the touchscreen toolbox once again houses a bright range of pencils, pastels, and paint. There are also art materials brand new to the series, such as markers that make block colours with clean sharp edges, and airbrushes that allow for a fine graduation of colour. In addition, the new outline pen leaves a smooth line that cannot be coloured over – perfect for cartoon drawings with slick borders. Finally, players need not worry about making mistakes when experimenting, as the new undo feature allows the removal of several previously made steps from a masterpiece-in-progress.
Pokémon Art Academy boasts 40 lessons in which players can encounter favourite Pokémon from throughout the series – even including those from the recent Pokémon X and Pokémon Y games – such as Pikachu, Oshawott, Charizard, Torchic, Fletchling, Fennekin, and many more! Students can progress through four different levels of lesson, beginning with first drawings in Starter, discovering new skills during Novice and Apprentice, and culminating with mastering a new talent in Graduate courses. They will first learn how to draw colourful Pokémon profiles, then build up Pokémon out of simple shapes like a cartoonist. Later lessons introduce colouring techniques such shading, shadow, and depth that bring drawings to life. For the first time in the Art Academy series, it’s even possible to add a finishing touch by placing completed artwork against a selection of backgrounds for dramatic effect.
As players hone their skills, they can try out Free Paint mode, where Pokémon can be created in any style using the full range of tools. Over 100 reference pictures of Pokémon are included for inspiration, while images taken with the Nintendo 3DS camera can also be imported into the game. For those who want to keep their artistic juices flowing, there's the new Quick Sketch mode where players can jump into short, simple drawings and practise producing Pokémon sketches quickly – perfect when out and about, or as daily practice.
Save and share your masterpieces.
All accomplishments can be saved into an album, as a truly personal collection of character cards featuring your artwork as the illustration, together with your signature. Share masterpieces locally with other Pokémon Art Academy players, or post them to Miiverse to show the world your greatest artistic triumphs. And while you're there, you can always ask for help with techniques from the friendly Miiverse community of art and Pokémon fans.